Frequently Asked Questions

While both partners need to be willing to attend appointments, they don’t have to feel equally enthusiastic about starting. It is common for one partner to be more hesitant, skeptical, or uncertain, and I tend to be quite skilled at working with this dynamic. We can make room for those differences while exploring whether couples therapy is a good fit.

Standard sessions for individual and couples counseling are 50 minutes. If you are interested in intensive sessions for couples counseling, I offer 75 or 90 minute sessions as well.

Currently, all sessions are conducted virtually via secure telehealth.

I’m a PsyPact psychologist and can work with clients in participating PsyPact states. Here is a map of the 40+ states that includes. I am also licensed in Illinois and Texas. If you’re unsure about your state, reach out and I’ll confirm.

Individual therapy (50 minutes): $300
Couples therapy (50 minutes): $300

I’m an out-of-network provider and do not bill insurance directly. This means fee for services in due to me prior to the start of each session.

I am happy to provide you with a superbill for potential reimbursement from your insurer.

As a person and a therapist I am warm, direct, and actively engaged in session. I don’t sit back as a referee while the same argument repeats itself. I interrupt conflict cycles, ask hard questions, and help you understand the emotional pattern underneath the conflict while it’s happening. This is depth-oriented work, not just communication coaching.

No! This is a common misconception. Folks conflate harm reduction with moderation and that isn’t true. Moderation can be a part of harm reduction, but so can abstinence or no change at all. Harm reduction is an approach to care that says no one gets left behind and you don’t have to have abstinence as a goal to get quality, consistent care. I work with folks pursuing moderation, abstinence, maintaining recovery, and everything in between. I just don’t require abstinence as the end goal for folks to receive excellent care.

My practice is affirming of all relationships. While I don’t currently have training to work with polycules, I am affirming of ethical non-monogamy. I am actively anti-racist, pro-liberation, and weight-inclusive, and I continue to pursue training and experience in justice work. I pay close attention to how identity, culture, gender expectations, and social power shape emotional safety and relationship dynamics. I understand power as something that exists within each person, between partners, and within larger systems — and that awareness is built into how I practice therapy.

I have completed extensive training in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples. To learn more, you can check out ICEEFT. I also have a strong social justice, feminist perspective to my work and have spent over a decade studying the art and science of psychotherapy. Currently, I am training in Relational Life Therapy by Terry Real and keep up to date on all of the newest relational science that is justice informed and evidenced based.

Different therapists work in very different ways and, at different stages in life, we are more receptive or less receptive to different therapeutic approaches. My approach is active and pattern-focused. I don’t just listen and reflect and I don’t just give new skills to practice— I track the cycle you get pulled into when you fight and step in to slow it down, ask direct questions, and help shift the interaction in real time. If past therapy felt passive, behaviorally focused without addressing the big emotions, or surface-level, this work may feel different.

No. Couples therapy is not a vote for staying together or separating. It’s a space to understand what’s happening between you and what each of you needs. Some couples come in to reconnect. Others come in with uncertainty. The goal is clarity and grounded choice, not pressure toward an outcome.